"antidictionary" meaning in English

See antidictionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æntɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)nəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æntɪˈdɪkʃənɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æntiˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/ [General-American], /-taɪ-/ [General-American], [-ɾi-] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antidictionary.wav [Southern-England], En-us-antidictionary.oga [General-American] Forms: antidictionaries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkʃənɛəɹi Etymology: From anti- (“opposite of, reverse”, prefix) + dictionary. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|dictionary|pos1=prefix|t1=opposite of, reverse}} anti- (“opposite of, reverse”, prefix) + dictionary Head templates: {{en-noun}} antidictionary (plural antidictionaries)
  1. (computational linguistics) The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string. Categories (topical): Computational linguistics Translations (set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string): antidictionnaire [feminine] (French), antidicionário [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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